Day: October 11, 2018

Image copyright Getty Images US First Lady Melania Trump has said she started her anti-cyberbullying campaign because she is “the most bullied person on the world”. In a wide-ranging interview with ABC News, she also said she does not trust some people who have worked in the West Wing. And she said that women who…

Image copyright AFP US President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on the central bank, the Federal Reserve, calling it “out of control” and “far too stringent”. Mr Trump said he was not going to fire Fed chairman Jay Powell, but was just “disappointed” in the bank’s policies. His criticisms came during remarks at the…

Image copyright SIA The battle to offer the world’s longest non-stop flight steps up a gear on Thursday, when a new Singapore-to-New York service takes off. Singapore Airlines is relaunching the service five years after they withdrew it because it had become too expensive. It will cover more than 15,000km and is scheduled to take…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionStorm Michael’s trail of devastationOne of the strongest storms in recorded history to hit the US has battered north-west Florida, flooding homes, washing out beaches and snapping trees. Rescue services are beginning to assess the full impact of Hurricane Michael, which made landfall on Wednesday afternoon as…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Trump has often cut an isolated figure on the world stage At a moment when America has been focussed myopically on the highest court in the land, the Trump administration stands accused of being a bystander to lawlessness around the world. The forced disappearance of the Interpol chief, Meng…